Chapter 654: The Peak Battle (1) - Rain of Arrows
Chapter 654: Peak Battle (1): Rain of Arrows
Chapter 652: The Peak Battle (1) A Rain of Arrows
“Don’t panic, don’t panic.”
Li Shimin saw that Xiang Yu's momentum alone could scare all the troops into panic, and immediately shouted: "Xiang Yu only has one person, and he is seriously injured. It is just a bluff at this time."
After hearing the shouts of the leader, the Han soldiers who were frightened by Xiang Yu and retreated finally reacted.
Yes, Xiang Yu is only one person, and he is still injured. Even if he breaks through to the Grand Master, he still cannot be the opponent of the large army?
As soon as Li Shimin said this, the panic of the army stopped immediately. When they thought about how their thousands of troops were frightened by Xiang Yu alone, everyone couldn't help but blush with embarrassment, and then they all looked at Xiang Yu fiercely to cover up what they had just done. Ugly.
At this moment, Xiang Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and a golden halberd flashed through his eyes, pointing directly at Li Shimin, and said coldly: "Li Shimin, why do you need such hypocritical righteousness to want my head, Xiang Yu? Just send someone to pick it up in an open and honest manner, such nonsense will only make me look down on you."
"you…"
Anger flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he was about to retort, but Xiang Yu didn't give him a chance.
Xiang Yu raised his halberd horizontally, looked down at the heroes of the army, and shouted: "I am Xiang Yu, who dares to fight with me?"
Dare to fight with me?
Want to fight with me?
Let me fight?
War?
The echoes of Xiang Yu's shouts wandered back and forth in this narrow space, and all the soldiers of the Han army could not help but remain silent for a while.
A battle with Xiang Yu? Just kidding, if you don't challenge, you will die.
There is no doubt about Xiang Yu's power. Except for those in the top ten of the general list such as Li Yuanba and Yu Wencheng, only those who are qualified to challenge him one-on-one. Others will die if they go up to him. Only group fights can defeat him. A battle.
Li Yuanba couldn't hold himself any longer and was about to rush out, but was stopped by Li Shimin.
Yu Wenchengdu held the gold-plated phoenix wings tightly and wanted to fight Xiang Yu, but was also stopped by Yang Guang.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wu Yunzhao, Wu Tianci, Yang Lin, Yu Juluo, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Xia Houdun, Xia Hou Yuan, Tai Shi Ci, and Zhang He were all stopped by their lord.
These princes are not stupid. Xiang Yu is now in a desperate situation and is basically dead. But precisely because he is bound to die, Xiang Yu's counterattack before his death must be extremely terrifying.
The princes do not want their generals to die in Xiang Yu's dying counterattack. After all, it is not cost-effective to die with a mortal man.
Seeing that no one in the Han army was willing to fight, Xiang Yu's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he laughed wantonly and said: "You are not worthy of being a soldier. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but no one dares to fight with me. We are in the same era as you. It’s my shame, Xiang Yu.”
Xiang Yu's humiliating words caused an uproar in the entire Han army. The self-respecting generals were all humiliated. They immediately asked the lord for instructions to go to war, but the result was naturally two words, "No".
Seeing that everyone was unwilling to send anyone, Tao Yuanming stood up and said calmly: "If you don't want to lose too much, in my opinion, it is better to shoot Xiang Yu to death with random arrows."
The princes' eyes suddenly lit up, and Yuan Shuze was the first to stand up and echoed: "Yes, if you talk about benevolence, justice and morality with this traitor, just shoot him to death with random arrows."
Facing the challenge of Xiang Yu alone, hundreds of thousands of troops not only avoided fighting, but also fired arrows directly?
It is indeed a bit cowardly to do this, and it would be embarrassing to spread the news, but if a few generals can be spared from death, the major princes will also be willing to lose this person. After all, it is easy to get a thousand armies but it is hard to find one general!
After a short period of thinking, most of the princes agreed to Tao Yuanming's proposal. Li Shimin was also happy to save his worries and immediately ordered: "Archers, prepare for three shots."
Following Li Shimin's order, nearly 10,000 archers were divided into three groups, all aiming at Xiang Yu in the formation. The formation they adopted was exactly what Qin Hao created. They could fire bows and arrows one after another, making people unable to avoid them. The three-stage shooting formation.
Seeing this, Shi Lan, who was standing at the edge of the cliff behind the formation, couldn't help but have a look of worry in her eyes. After all, she also knew the reputation of the three-stage shooting.
Xiang Yu remained as calm as ever, pointed his halberd at the army, and said with a faint smile: "All of you are...cowards." As soon as he said this, the Han soldiers became even more restless. There was no shortage of strong men among the generals present. How can I bear such an insult?
"Everyone, why are you angry with a dying man? Xiang Yu is just provoking the general."
Although Li Shimin was so comforting to the generals, he was also extremely angry in his heart. After all, humiliating the coalition forces was equivalent to humiliating his alliance leader, and the alliance leader was indeed cowardly enough to reach his level.
Xiang Yu, so what if you break through the Grand Master, today is the day you die.
Li Shimin's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he immediately shouted: "Fire the arrow."
…
In an instant, arrows rained down like rain. Thousands of arrows in the first round were all shot at Xiang Yu in the formation.
Xiang Yu just stood there quietly, as if he was frustrated and ready to die, but then everyone was stunned.
The arrows had not even come close to Xiang Yu when they were blocked by the Gang Qi gauze around Xiang Yu's body, and then all of them were bounced away.
…
The second and third rounds of arrow rain followed, but these ordinary arrows couldn't get close to Xiang Yu's body, and they were all deflected away by the Gang Qi.
Bows and arrows that can attack from a distance have been the natural enemies of all warriors since ancient times. However, now there are nearly ten thousand archers, but Xiang Yu can't do anything about it. This simply refreshes the three views of all the princes.
“Terrible, this Xiang Yu is really terrible.”
Kong Rong had a look of fear in his eyes and trembled as he said, "How can a person be so strong?"
Cao Cao was also shocked, but he was more thoughtful, and then said calmly: "The consumption of Gangqi gauze clothing should not be small, right?"
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up and he ordered again: "Keep shooting arrows, I don't believe that Xiang Yu can use Gang Qi unlimitedly."
Hang Yu's eyes flashed with amusement, and he still stood there without moving, relying on his Gangqi gauze clothes to continue to resist the arrow rain.
After ten rounds...twenty rounds...thirty rounds of arrow rain, the formation has become a sea of arrows. Only the position where Xiang Yu is standing does not have an arrow, and Xiang Yu does not look tired at all.
"how so?"
Li Shimin, Han Xin and others' eyes were filled with disbelief. They really couldn't understand why the arrows were useless against Xiang Yu.
At this moment, Xiang Yu's joking voice came slowly from the formation.
"Don't you know? Once you break through and become a grand master, the Dantian in your body will communicate with the outside world and can recover the loss by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, maintaining the Gang Qi gauze garment is not a big consumption for me."
Eighteen princes all opened their eyes wide. They couldn't believe that the Grand Master was so powerful. No, this was simply unbelievably powerful.
Thanks for the tip to Ye Ye and Fu Biao, thank you for your support.
(End of this chapter)